What graphics card do I need for 60 FPS in Command & Conquer: Generals at 1080p?

By our estimate (±30%), the GTX 1650 is the least powerful of our 10 reference cards to reach 60 FPS at 1080p High, at about 168 FPS. No published benchmark of Command & Conquer: Generals at that setting is in our data to confirm it.

Can a GTX 1650 run Command & Conquer: Generals?

By our estimate it gets about 263 FPS at 1080p Low (smooth) and 168 FPS at 1080p High (smooth), each ±30%.

What are the minimum system requirements for Command & Conquer: Generals?

Steam lists GeForce 4+/ Radeon 8500 graphics, 2.2 GHz Intel or AMD CPU and 1 GB of RAM as the minimum.

FPS estimates

Command & Conquer: Generals FPS

2003
80/100 · 250 ratings

Real Time Strategy
Strategy
Action

Estimates only · ±30%

Check FPS on your GPU

Command & Conquer: Generals was released in 2003. No published benchmark of Command & Conquer: Generals is in our dataset yet, so every FPS figure on this page is an estimate. Steam lists GeForce 4+/ Radeon 8500 as the minimum graphics card, about what integrated graphics deliver today.

Frame rate cap: none on record. We have no record of an engine frame limit for Command & Conquer: Generals, so our estimates assume it runs uncapped. V-Sync, an in-game limiter or your monitor's refresh rate can still hold it lower.

No measured data yet. We have not found a published benchmark of Command & Conquer: Generals with a source we can link. The figures below come from our model and carry a ±30% band. How the estimate works.

Our estimate on 10 reference GPUs

Estimate ±30%

Model figures, not measurements: dashed bars with their ±30% band. How they are made.

RTX 4090360model max
RTX 5070 Ti360model max
Radeon RX 9070 XT360model max
RTX 4070360model max
Radeon RX 7800 XT360model max
RTX 4060 Ti360model max
RTX 4060360model max
RTX 3060326228–424
Radeon RX 6600282197–367
GTX 1650168118–218

Cards that run Command & Conquer: Generals at 60+ FPS

1080p High · cheapest first

Current cards, by launch price. Solid chips are measured results; dashed ones are our estimate (±30%).

Intel Arc B580launch price $249≈294 FPSAmazon
Radeon RX 7600launch price $269≈312 FPSAmazon
RTX 5060launch price $299≈360 FPSAmazon

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System requirements

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Minimum

GPU: GeForce 4+/ Radeon 8500
CPU: 2.2 GHz Intel or AMD CPU
RAM: 1 GB